I've been playing with HPR streamers since at least 2011. My L2 cert flight in 2012 had a streamer at apogee, as did many of my dual-deploy rockets in the interim--including my L3 flight. I've even used very large streamers as primary recovery on large MPR and small HPR rockets. And I came up with a couple parachute designs.

Next thing I know, people are asking me to make their recovery components. A few really liked them, too.

So what started an an ancillary part of my rocketry hobby has become a pursuit of its own.

Please allow me to introduce to you Paramedichutes, my venture into making recovery components for the rocketry community.

I have, at current, two lines of products...

First, the Quick Recovery System (QRS) tracking streamers. Using these in place of a drogue parachute greatly enhances visibility on descent. These range in size from the 6" x 72" QRS-06 to the monstrous 36" x 432" QRS-36. They have a Cd of 0.09 and are great for apogee events--or even recovering up to about 5lb as a primary recovery device.

The second line is the Basic Landing System. This was developed over the last couple of years and has worked very well. It is not the high-performance line I'm still working on, but a more basic shape --semi-elliptical. The Cd on these runs 1.4-1.6. They each have 8 gores and are up to 60" in size --to recover 15 lb or under.